SACHIN'DIA - India's greatest entertainer....

Tears flowing out of the eyes of millions, and a major part of the onlookers not able to believe what they saw, everybody cursing the fallacious decision, some sighs for unanswered prayers, and a whole nation dumbstruck and speechless (of course including me! ) , and work goers, who had dodged their work get back to their office in haste and... this is no war or the news of the demise of someone far-famed. Its the instant aftermath of sachin's dismissal in the nineties against england...


Sachin sighed when he was given out, but it wasnt a personal grief that he missed out on a century, but he was unhappy that he couldnt give the spectators another big moment to cheer about....

Such is the impact of Sachin in the mind of cricket lovers which is almost the whole Indian popluation... The young sachin, 18 yrs ago ( even before i was born) , surprised everyone with a quickfire 50 against arch rivals pakistan and since then he has metamorphosed the outlook of cricket from a serious pastime to something closer to a religion, where hes the god! No wonder poojas and archanas and aradhanas (am not talking about girl names!) are done on the eve of the match. Rahul Dravid has changed a lot since his Kissan Jam ad where he was a cool young heartthrob....He looks a lot more sterner, with shades of grey now. But Sachin has slighty changed over these 18 years.Still a hot topic among the fairer sex ;)




We, indians have travelled along with this incomparable batting maestro's journey, as he was dancing down the pitch and whiplashing the quickies and trouncing majestic sixes off the spinners, school kids turned truants and cheered him, college goers partied and cheered the match, even office goers were reluctant to give up the match for the sake of a day at office, even sexagenarians and octogenarians cheered the nation's hero and even the whole of the state's top authorities and politicians were present at the ground to cheer him ( or maybe it was campainging in disguise).

Those timeless immortalized moments when Sachin sent goosebumps down the spine of the so called fearsome fast bowlers who were hit all over the ground, and when anything shortpitched was pulled or hooked into the stands, anything over pitched being driven away to the fence and goodlength deliveries hit straight down the ground or flicked behind, and his liveliness in the field and craftiness with the ball will always be remembered and revered...

One thing that i detest about is the media which swings after every sachin's innings. They start a poll whether sachin should be dropped from the team when he goes through a short lived transient lean patch and when he top scores, they switch their diplomacy towards sachin and praise him lavishly and for his finesse innings...

Well listen up media... Your stupid attempts (just to grab the attention) to turn the tide against sachin when hes slightly off colour will always end up in vain. Whether its a zero or a hundred (or 90+ ;) ) we hail Sachin! Hence all your desperate attempts to criticise the nation's pride will keep on backfiring because eventually its the press that is being laughed at by every cricket lover...



Hes the highest paid cricketer and earns about 14 $ million annually, from various endorsements like adidas,pepsi and airtel.In a nation wide poll, he is voted as one of the FACES OF NEW INDIA, along with men of the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Amartya sen ! A recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna and Padma Shri, he was invited by Ferrari's team boss to drive Schumi's automobile on the occasion of getting past Sir Don's tally of 29 test centuries. This stands testiomial to the fact that Sachin factor is so significant in stamping Indian sporting prowess on the World map.


Whether it is his merciless attack on the Australians at Sharjah or his famous rivalry with Shane Warne or the run feast in 96 and 2003 worldcup or his mental toughness during his hundred against Kenya following his dad's death or his five wicket match winning haul agnst Australia, there is always 'S'tyle,'A'uthority,'C'ourage,'H'appiness IN TENDULKAR...


Sports is the best form of Entertainment and Cricket is almost synonymous with Indian Sports which in turn is synonoymous with Sachin. Hence forth India's best and the greatest entertainer...the unrivalled matchless incomparable 'OUR' Sachin Tendulkar TM



Nothing can last forever...they say...but well maybe Sachin's feat and hours of delightful entertainment will last as fresh as ever in the minds of Indians.When Kapil Dev retired, the lights had gone out of diwali but when OUR sachin tendulkar retires, the diwali will itself vanish and along with it the those cherishable moments glued to the television cheering Sachin and remaining oblivious to mom's incessant yelling at me to study...


HIS entertaining career is going to end one fine day and not just me but the whole nation hopes that that day doesnt come anytime soon or hope for the implausible thing that it should last forever...